Blue Seal Native Level 3 Dry Dog Food
Top 5 ingredients of Blue Seal Native Level 3 Dry Dog Food are Chicken Meal, Brewers Rice, Ground Barley, Chicken Fat, and Ground Flaxseed.
Blue Seal Native Level 3 Dry Dog Food Ingredients
Chicken Meal is a dry, rendered product from whole chickens that has been through some processing to remove water and fat. It looks like brown flour, and it's a highly concentrated protein/mineral resource.
Chicken meal is basically chicken with a longer storage time. It's a protein-rich food and also Vitamin B12, Tryptophan, Choline, Zinc, Iron, and Copper resource. However, it's an already processed material in dog food manufacturing and makes the food ultra-processed.
Brewers Rice is no different from white rice, except that the grain is broken into pieces. As such, it offers the same nutritional value as white rice with trace amounts of Iron, Vitamin B6, Magnesium and Calcium and Potassium.
Brewers rice is often used as an inexpensive filler ingredient to add volume to dog food and also it increases digestibility
This in gradient is a wholesome kind of grain that is an excellent source of vitamins and nutrients, and is a good source of carbohydrates. Both the hull and the bran are included, and it contains healthy fiber for colon health.
Chicken Fat is a high quality source of energy and essential fatty acids. For example, chicken fat contains linoleic acid which is an excellent source of the Omega-6 fatty acids. Quality fats support a shiny, healthy coat in dogs.
A good source of fats and fiber as well as protein. Ground flaxseed is high in Omega-3 fatty acids which have numerous anti-inflammatory benefits.
Starch Meter
According to the guaranteed analysis, Blue Seal Native Level 3 Dry Dog Food has 30% protein, 20% fat, 3.5% fiber, and 10% moisture. If we assume 5% ash, then the starch amount in this dog food is 31.5%.
We calculated the starch ratio in Blue Seal Native Level 3 Dry Dog Food as 31.5%. Basically, around one third of the food you feed to {your dog} is starch.
Average starch ratio of dry dog foods on inthekibble.com is 38.67% - and that means this Native kibble has less starch ratio than the average.
